Why the seventh feels like the first

This week we launched the 2020 World Conference of the Professional Speechwriters Association. The event will be virtual this year, and the amount of invention required to convert a time-honored and …

Speechwriter, repent

When you run a professional association, you like to believe you’re doing good in the world. And that the industry you represent contributes to the health of humanity. And that …

Speechwriter, Spiel Thyself

For almost 30 years, I’ve made some part of my living convening professional speechwriters or covering their silent struggles. If there’s been one prevailing sentiment among speechwriters across all that …

Eisenhower speechwriter dies

Former President Eisenhower speechwriter Bob Kieve died on Sunday, at 98. He served in Eisenhower’s first term before going on to a colorful career as an independent radio station owner in San …